The Discerning Texan

All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke

Saturday, September 01, 2007

UPDATED Activist Judge Blocks enforcement of Social Security Laws

Just in case you do not understand the significance between Democrats appointing Activist Federal judges who believe in acting like little dictators making their own law, and Republicans appointing judges who believe that Legislatures, not judges are supposed to enact the laws, here is one more outrageous example, via Michelle Malkin:

Oh, crikey. A San Francisco federal judge appointed by guess-who interferes with stiffer employer sanctions for businesses that knowingly hire illegal aliens because she says she needs more “breathing room:”

The Social Security Administration cannot start sending out letters to employers next week that carry with them more serious penalties for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Ruling on a lawsuit by the nation’s largest federation of labor unions against the U.S. government, U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the so-called “no-match” letters from going out as planned starting Tuesday…

…Chesney said the court needs “breathing room” before making any decision on the legality of new penalties aimed at cracking down on the hiring of illegal immigrants.

She set the next hearing on the matter for Oct. 1.

Who’s behind the lawsuit? Big Labor. Yeah, you know, the same lobby that’s supposed to be looking after American workers (or as Miss Teen South Carolina would call them, “U.S. American workers”).

The Department of Homeland Security has vowed to fight the lawsuit, calling it “an obvious attempt to impede the department’s ability to enforce our immigration laws.”

In case you aren't reading between the lines, here is what this pathetic excuse for a judge is saying: 'I know the Social Security Administration is catching people committing felonies by using falsified SSN's. But you don't have the right to fine companies who knowingly hire these felons.' Is that clear enough for you?

Read the rest here. And resist that temptation to pull all your hair out or to go postal. There is a way to put an end to this garbage: put an end to electing Democrat Presidents. This is why elections matter.

UPDATE: Dan Riehl comments:

Assuming you are a legitimate citizen, or non-citizen worker and your Social Security number is mis-recorded, wouldn't you want, if not need to correct that, or eventually face being unable to draw benefits? So, how is preventing a process designed to set the record straight a protection? Failing to have it corrected would seem to present the greater risk, assuming you are working legally, of course.

Labels: Homeland Security, Illegal Immigration, Judicial Activism